Demand slump: Tata Motors may shut Pune unit for 6 days

NEW DELHI: A day after it announced plans to briefly shut down its heavy commercial vehicles plant in Jamshedpur, Tata Motors appeared to be mulling a similar closure of its passenger vehicle plant in Pune.

"Production will match demand" is all that a Tata Motors spokesperson had to say when asked about reports that the Pune facility would be shut down from November 22-27. He however, neither confirmed nor denied the reports.

Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, had yesterday announced shutting down its Jamshedpur unit, the mother plant for its heavy commercial vehicles, for three days due to slump in demand.

"Tata Motors is taking a block closure at Jamshedpur from November 6 to November 8, 2008, to match production with demand of vehicles produced at the Jamshedpur plant to avoid build-up of inventory either in the company or with our dealers," the company spokesperson had said yesterday.